Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Nov 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977pepi...15..220m&link_type=abstract
(Lunar Science Institute, Conference on Comparisons of Mercury and the Moon, Houston, Tex., Nov. 15-17, 1976.) Physics of the Ea
Mathematics
Logic
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Lunar Geology, Lunar Maps, Structural Basins, Structural Properties (Geology), Escarpments, Explosions, Formations, Lunar Craters, Lunar Photographs, Lunar Surface, Lunar Topography, Ring Structures, Stratigraphy, Structural Stability
Scientific paper
Based on revised stratigraphy, structural interpretation, explosion-crater data, and a genetic model for Orientale, it is suggested that Orientale and Caloris have much in common. It is noted that: (1) although the basin fill in Caloris is different from that seen in Orientale, the materials between the most prominent scarp and the weakly-developed outer scarp may be degraded equivalents of the massifs and knobs associated with the Montes Rook, (2) the Montes Rook and the main Caloris scarp have similar stratigraphic and structural features, (3) the lineated ejecta derived from shallower horizons are found near and beyond the weakly-developed outer Caloris scarp which is the counterpart of the Orientale scarp, (4) a well developed field of secondary craters is observed beyond 1 basin diameter at Caloris, (5) the observed textural differences between the material around the main Caloris scarp and the lineated material beyond suggest that Mercury is layered and that Caloris crater excavated coherent materials from one or more of these layers at depth, and (6) the difference in spacing between the Caloris rings is not related to internal layering effects.
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